The Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration, housed at the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science (which funds the CCTS), highlighted the UK CCTS team science training program in its Insights to Inspire series.
Rice dedicated 35 years of service to UK, provided formative leadership of the CCTS clinical research unit, and recently led clinical operations for UK's COVID-19 vaccine research center.
During "UK at the Half" UK football game on Saturday, CCTS was recognized for their clinical research — which helps to improve health, with an emphasis on the Central Appalachian region.